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give the analysis of Wanderer‟s motivation reveals from the characterization
and the conflicts.
D. Definition of Terms
This research has several terms which are used in analyzing the problem formulations. The terms used in this research are character, conflicts,
and motivation.
1. Character and Characterization
The first term used in this research is character. A Glossary of Literary Terms Six Edition by M. H. Abrams stated that character is the sketch
in prose of distinctive type of person 1985:23.Abrams underline that every character is unique from others. It has special and different features as human
has in real life. In this study, the writer analyzes Wanderer as the main character in the novel. Although she is an alien, she has the same qualities and
traits as a person because she is live in a female human body.
2. Conflict
The second term used in this research is conflict. Conflict is the most important element of plot. Roberts and Jacobs in Fiction: An Introduction to
Reading and Writing Second Edition stated that conflict are opposition or contrasting of two people or larger forces such as natural objects, ideas, modes
of behavior, public opinion, and values 1989: 99. Conflict occurs and is provoked by the different ways of concept, belief, and impression that lies in
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each person. Conflicts in this study refer to external conflicts of Wanderer. There are conflicts of Wanderer and other souls and her with human.
3. Motivation
The third term used in this study is motivation. According to Motivation: Theory and Research by Herbert L. Petri 1981: 3 stated that:
Motivation is the concept we use when we describe the forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behavior. The concept
of motivation is also used to explain differences in the intensity of behavior. More intense behaviors are considered to be the result of
higher levels of motivation.
Motivation is the reasons that underlie people to do or to feel something. It leads people to fulfill their action and it differs between individuals. It also influences
the intensity of a person to behave and do an action. People who are motivated have directing behavior that leads them to reach their goals. This study refers to
the motivation Wanderer as the main character. It is influenced by her characterization and conflicts.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
A. Review of Related Studies
In this study, the writer uses Stephenie Meyer’s novel, The Host, to be analyzed. Meyer is the writer of bestseller vampire-romance-saga titled
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. The Host is her latest novel in science-fiction genre. The Host is remarkable because Meyer shifts her
previous focus in teen-vampire romance into an adult-science-fiction- romance.
There are several criticisms of Meyer’s works that are discussed by the writer in this study. First, an editorial review from Amazon website
http:amazon.comThe-Host-Novel-Stephenie-Meyerdp0316068047, Mari Malcolm argued that The Host will be pleasantly surprised because it is
consisted by equal parts of action and emotion. The Host is able to present the story that can balance demotion and action through the flow of the story. By
reading it, the reader can arouse their feelings and focus on the action of the character and the flow of the story.
The Host is an interesting novel to read. Jane Jorgenson in Library Journal
criticized that the novel “lives up to the hype, blending science fiction in
a way
that never
worked so
well ”
http:www.stepheniemeyer.comthehost.html. From the quotation, it can be said that the author explores what happen to the relationships when the two
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souls inhabit the same physical body. The novel enhances the relation between Wanderer and Melanie in a beautiful way; how the two species interact and
actually motivate to help each other although they have so many differences. Another review is from Booklist signifies about the pretty mixture
tale about the humanity issues in the novel. Meyer’s ingenious adult-market debut, heavily but not tediously
indebted to Invasion of the Body-snatchers, imagines the tangled web of attachments between an alien parasite and the colony of humans to
which the alien’s host body once belonged. Meyer boldly chooses to narrate from the perspective of the invading alien, a 1,000-year-old
female “soul” named Wanderer, and it is a tribute to the author’s skill that Wanderer is a sympathetic protagonist despite the fact that she
tells her tale while clinging to the cerebellum of a human victim, 17- year-old Melanie.
http:www.amazon.comTheHostNovelStephenieMeyerdpproductd escription0316218502ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8n=283155s=
books
According to the quotation above, Meyer makes a significant debut of the alien story for adult readers. Wanderer as the main character and a protagonist
describe as kind soul although she posses Melanie’s body. The uniqueness of main character provokes the
readers’ curiosity to explore her journey in the novel.
Criticisms about Meyer’s character also come from undergraduate thesis by Nurvita Wijayanti a scholar from Sanata Dharma University that
uses Twillight novel by Stephen ie Meyer. She stated that “Meyer can describe
every character commonly and does not give excessive” 2011: 6. Meyer creates character with ordinary description that is perceptible by the readers.
Thus, character in Meyer’s work portrays a conventional view of individual type that is easy to understand.
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